On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 12:39:30PM -0500, Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> wrote: > Not responding to any particular comment: > If Vlad wants to return, the threat of Godslayer alone will probably be > sufficient to stop most assassins. > If Sethra Lavode, the Empress, Morrolan and Aliera announce they will > avenge Vlads assasination by wiping the Council and their successors to > the third iteration, The Organization will likely swallow hard and agree > to leave him alone. Remember Mellar? The Organization will not back down on this simply for threatened consequences. They were willing to start a Dragon-Jhereg war over a theft of money, fer cryin' out loud. Vlad may be able to negotiate a settlement, but that negotiation will need to be something more than "Leave me alone or else." -- Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/ Politics: http://triggerfinger.org/ Literature: http://speculativefiction.org/ Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt